[ecrea] Call for Abstracts: 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science

The 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science
Inequality and Imbalance

[Call for workshops below]

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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November 16-17, 2017
London, United Kingdom
Website: symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu
Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eurosymposium17
For inquiries: (css.eurosymposium /at/ gmail.com)


ORGANIZERS

General Chairs:
Luca Maria Aiello, Nokia Bell Labs
Helen Magretts, Oxford Internet Intitute

Organizing committee:
Katrin Weller, GESIS
Markus Strohmaier, RWTH Aachen & GESIS
David Garcia, ETH Zurich
Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zurich


IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for abstract submission: September 30, 2017
Notification of acceptance: October 13, 2017
Conference: 16-17 November 2017


CONFERENCE SCOPE

The Symposium is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together 
researchers from a diverse range of disciplines to contribute to the 
definition and exploration of the societal challenges in Computational 
Social Science, especially around the topics o inequality and imbalance. 
This is the first in a series of three symposia that discuss societal 
challenges in computational social sciences. Future events will be 
focused on "Bias and Discrimination" (Cologne, 2018) and "Polarization 
and Radicalization" (Zurich, 2019).

We welcome submissions in the intersection of the social sciences and 
the computer sciences, including (a) new approaches for understanding 
social phenomena and addressing societal challenges, (b) improving 
methods for computational social science, (c) and understanding the 
influence of the Web and digital technologies on society. We are 
especially interested in:

* Methods for measuring inequality and imbalance
* Measuring inequality and imbalance on the Web
* Mediating inequalities via computational methods
* Inequality data mining
* Inequality and biases in social networks
* Detecting trends of inequality
* Digital reproduction of inequality
* Online vs. offline inequalities
* Cross-country and longitudinal studies of inequality
* Missing data
* Digital civil society and digital citizenship
* Digital divides and digital inequality
* Global inequality and effects of globalization
* Power imbalances
* Demographics and age structures
* Underrepresented groups
* Wealth and poverty research
* Economic inequality
* Inequality in the urban environment
* Health inequalities
* Models of social capital in the digital age
* Non-users of digital technologies
* Accessibility of and barriers to digital technologies
* Skills and digital literacy

Other related topics are explicitly welcome.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Original manuscripts should be submitted in English in pdf format to the 
EasyChair submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eurosymposium17

Submissions should be 1-2 page abstracts (up to approx. 1000 words) 
summarizing the work to be presented. We encourage researchers to also 
submit mature work that has already been published and/or submit work in 
progress. Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work 
and your methods so we can adequately assess its relevance. Each 
extended abstract will be reviewed by a Program Committee composed of 
experts in computational social science. Accepted submissions will be 
non-archival, i.e. there are no proceedings. We may however discuss 
options for publishing selected submissions after the conference (e.g. 
as a journal special issue or edited collection). Submissions will 
mostly be evaluated based on relevance and the potential to stimulate 
interesting discussions.

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIALS
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November 15, 2017
London, United Kingdom
Website: symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu
For inquiries: (css.eurosymposium /at/ gmail.com)


ORGANIZERS

General Chairs:
Luca Maria Aiello, Nokia Bell Labs
Helen Magretts, Oxford Internet Intitute

Organizing committee:
Katrin Weller, GESIS
Markus Strohmaier, RWTH Aachen & GESIS
David Garcia, ETH Zurich
Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zurich


IMPORTANT DATES

Workshops and tutorials proposal submission deadline: September 8, 2017
Workshops and tutorials acceptance notification: September 12, 2017
Workshops and tutorials day: November 15, 2017
Main conference: 16-17 November 2017


SCOPE

The Symposium is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together 
researchers from a diverse range of disciplines to contribute to the 
definition and exploration of the societal challenges in Computational 
Social Science, especially around the topics o inequality and imbalance. 
This is the first in a series of three symposia that discuss societal 
challenges in computational social sciences. Future events will be 
focused on "Bias and Discrimination" (Cologne, 2018) and "Polarization 
and Radicalization" (Zurich, 2019).

We welcome submissions for workshops and tutorials proposals on any 
emerging topic at the intersection of the social sciences and the 
computer sciences. Members of all segments of the social media research 
community are encouraged to submit proposals.

Workshops will give the opportunity to meet and discuss issues with a 
selected focus, providing an excellent forum for exploring emerging 
approaches and task areas and bridging the gaps between the social 
science and technology fields.

Tutorials will be an opportunity for cross-disciplinary engagement and a 
deeper understanding of new tools, techniques, and research 
methodologies. Tutorials should provide either an in-depth look at an 
emerging technique or software package or a broad summary of an 
important direction in the field.

Example topics include (but are not limited to):
* Inequality, imbalance, bias, discrimination
* Digital health
* Urban informatics
* Web mining for social good
* Algorithmic regulations
* Impact of online phenomena on the offline world
* Credibility of online content
* Impact of AI on the social life
* Rich representations of social ties


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors are kindly requested to send a PDF with their proposal at the 
following email address with the subject "Workshop/Tutorial proposal":
(css.eurosymposium /at/ gmail.com)

Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be no more than three (3) 
pages in length (10pt, single column, with reasonable margins), written 
in English, and should contain:
* A concise title
* The names, affiliations, and contacts of the organizing committee
* Duration of the event (half-day or full-day meeting)
* A short abstract describing the scope and main objective of the event
* A short description of the main topic and themes (2 paragraphs maximum)
* A description of the event format and a list of proposed activities
* An approximate timeline of the activities
* Historical information about the event, when available
* [Workshops only] A description of how workshop submissions will be 
evaluated
  (invited contributions, peer review, etc.)

Workshops and tutorials will be selected based on the following criteria:
* Timeliness of the topic
* Potential to attract the interest a diverse set of attendees
* Activities that are different from the classic mini-conference format
* Involvement people of different backgrounds in the organizing committee
* Addressing topics at the intersection of different disciplines
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